Tightest West Virginia Colleges To Get In

The average acceptance rate of the 10 West Virginia colleges that have competitive admission is 83.49% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 1.16%. The acceptance rate at 3 West Virginia colleges increased and the rate of 7 colleges decreased.

Bethany College has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 60.00%. University of Charleston (65.02%) and West Liberty University (71.98%) are following it in the list of Tightest West Virginia Colleges to get in.

This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

Bethany College stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. University of Charleston also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $22,325 and graduate tuition & fees is $17,660 for the academic year 2023-2024.

We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.

Table. Tightest West Virginia Colleges To Get In Comparison
School NameAcceptance RateYieldSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Bethany College Bethany, WVPrivate, 4-year 60.00%
4.92%
16.02%-$34,12662342.00%12 to 1
2
-
University of Charleston Charleston, WVPrivate, 4-year 65.02%
2.71%
23.99%-$21,6103,05941.00%16 to 1
3
1
West Liberty University West Liberty, WVPublic, 4-year 71.98%
2.11%
28.03%1,010$17,116
($8,732)
2,31561.00%12 to 1
4
1
Wheeling University Wheeling, WVPrivate, 4-year 74.99%
2.34%
10.97%-$29,47574970.00%9 to 1
5
-
West Virginia University Morgantown, WVPublic, 4-year 86.00%
2.38%
26.00%1,120$27,360
($9,648)
24,74162.00%17 to 1
6
-
Concord University Athens, WVPublic, 4-year 89.98%
1.41%
21.00%950$20,600
($9,700)
1,74840.00%15 to 1
7
-
Shepherd University Shepherdstown, WVPublic, 4-year 95.98%
0.12%
33.00%1,010$19,082
($8,642)
3,23547.00%15 to 1
8
-
West Virginia State University Institute, WVPublic, 4-year 95.99%
0.19%
7.00%955$15,219
($9,499)
3,78535.00%16 to 1
9
-
Marshall University Huntington, WVPublic, 4-year 96.00%
0.88%
28.00%1,020$20,294
($8,942)
10,69149.00%16 to 1
10
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Fairmont State University Fairmont, WVPublic, 4-year 98.99%
0.50%
34.00%965$18,372
($8,454)
3,49846.00%13 to 1
Average83.49%22.80%1,004$22,325
($9,088)
5,44449.30%14 to 1
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